decentia

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Interlingua

Noun

decentia (plural decentias)

  1. decency

Latin

Etymology

From decēns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

Noun

decentia f (genitive decentiae); first declension

  1. decency, comeliness, becomingness

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative decentia decentiae
genitive decentiae decentiārum
dative decentiae decentiīs
accusative decentiam decentiās
ablative decentiā decentiīs
vocative decentia decentiae

Descendants

Participle

decentia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of decēns

References

  • decentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • decentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.